@QasimRashid my Dad made about $378/month in 1968. He had to pay house note, car insurance, house insurance, feed and clothe 3 kids and a wife, pay for school supplies and books, car note. How much money do you think he had left over? He had 2 other part time jobs and my mother worked part time to make ends meet. All three of his kids worked starting at age 14 but yeah the boomers had it made